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Posted: Tuesday, February 25, 2014 2:30 pm ABC15.com More than two weeks after a natural gas leak caused a home to explode in a Gilbert neighborhood sending a man to the hospital with serious burns, and forcing a neighborhood to evacuate, the evacuation order has been lifted. Jason Nelson, 39, was smoking a cigarette while[continue reading...]

JEFFERSON CITY, MO (KCTV) – State investigators said Thursday that Missouri Gas Energy personnel wasted too much time before a gas explosion rocked a Country Club Plaza restaurant a year ago. The 125-page report on the deadly natural gas explosion and massive fire that destroyed a well-known Kansas City restaurant was made public Thursday. According[continue reading...]

STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, JAN. 27, 2014……Legislation to tamp down subterranean natural gas leaks cleared a powerful House committee Monday without the inclusion of a controversial measure smoothing the way for a proposed Salem power plant. A completed House Ways and Means Committee poll showed unanimous support for a bill (H 3765) that requires utility companies[continue reading...]

Do a search on the terms, “natural gas explosion” and “vacant home,” and you’ll get literally thousands of hits, despite federal laws that require gas companies to completely disconnect the flow of natural gas to vacant homes. Ed. note: If you enjoy the content and coverage you get here at NaturalGasWatch.org, please take a moment[continue reading...]

National Grid employees took nearly 90 minutes to shut down the flow of natural gas the fed a massive fire that ignited when a 12-inch natural gas pipeline ruptured in Bedford, Massachusetts, on Aug. 14, according to documents obtained by NaturalGasWatch.org. Ed. note: If you enjoy the content and coverage you get here at NaturalGasWatch.org,[continue reading...]

It’s been a busy week, as always, in natural gas leaks and explosions, with incidents and accidents wreaking havoc across the country, so let’s get right to it: Two workers were killed on Friday, April 5, when a natural gas well exploded near Barstow, Texas, according to recent media reports. Both workers were employed by[continue reading...]

The San Francisco Chronicle has aggressively covered the fallout from the September 2010 natural gas explosion that devastated San Bruno, California, killing eight people and destroying 38 homes, and in this morning’s paper, Chronicle reporter Jaxon Van Derbeken has done it again. In an exclusive story, Van Derbeken reports on internal PG&E documents he obtained[continue reading...]